New York Mets lose to the Cincinnati Reds

The New York Mets were defeated by the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio and the final score was 7-2.  Jason Vargas started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well.  Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and Wilmer Flores had two hits to lead the offense. 

Vargas pitched four innings giving up six hits and four runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Seth Lugo pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, AJ Ramos pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and Jerry Blevins pitched to one batter and got him out.  Hansel Robles pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and Paul Sewald pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings. 

Luis Castillo pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and seven strikeouts and he won his second game of the season.  Amir Garrett pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two walks and a strikeout, David Hernandez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Wandy Peralta pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Austin Brice pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Cabrera had two hits, Yoenis Cespedes drew two walks and Jay Bruce drew a walk.  Adrian Gonzalez had an RBI and drew a walk, Amed Rosario had a hit and Juan Lagares had a hit.  Flores had two hits and an RBI, Flores hit a homerun and the Mets were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Cabrera committed an error. 

Jose Peraza had a hit, Scott Schebler had two hits and Joey Votto drew a walk.  Eugenio Suarez had three hits and four RBI, Scooter Gennett had a hit and two RBI and Adam Duvall had a hit and drew two walks.  Tucker Barnhart had three hits and an RBI, Billy Hamilton had a hit and Suarez and Schebler each hit a double.  Barnhart hit a triple and Gennett hit a homerun.  The Reds were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

In the first Suarez hit a two-run single to give the Reds a 2-0 lead.  In the third Suarez hit an RBI double, Barnhart hit an RBI single to push the lead to 4-0.  In the sixth Flores hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-1.  Gonzalez drew an RBI walk and the lead was cut to 4-2.  In the seventh Suarez hit an RBI single, Gennett hit a two-run homerun and it was 7-2 Reds which was the final score of the game.